Kiko

Ajax-style online calendar application

Description

Kiko was an Ajax-style online calendar application that offered advanced features that included API integration with other websites and applications on the Internet. The app was particularly helpful to business professionals, event organizers, etc. One of the best features of the Kiko calendar app was that it had a user-friendly UI and it was possible to access one’s calendar from other computers with it. Kiko granted users the ability to invite and share calendars and events with anyone.

Stats

Category

Productivity

Country

United States

Started

In 2003

Closed

By 2008

Number of Founders

Two

Name of Founders

Emmett Shear, Justin Kan

Number of Employees

Between 11 And 50

Number of Funding Rounds

1

Total Funding Amount

$50K

Number of Investors

1

Precise Cause of Failure

Bad Management

Business Outcome

Acquired

Cause of Failure

Kiko lasted for just three years.
The founders have moved to work on other projects, but they explained the
reasons for their startup’s failure in a post.

The first reason according
to one of the founders was that their team had wanted to work on various ideas
and plans at the same time, this diverted their attention from their main
project and ended up creating delays. The CEO admitted that they were too slow
at times and wasted time on unnecessary things and neglected other matter that was
instead crucial. To make it worse, they hired a wrong team member which
affected the company’s productivity as he didn’t complete any task and
disappeared for months. Failure to involve investors and seek their guidance
from the beginning was also another blunder.

The software that powered
Kiko was put for sale on eBay and it was bought for $258,100 in an auction.

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Kiko was an Ajax-style online calendar application that offered advanced features that included API integration with other websites and applications on the Internet. The app was particularly helpful to business professionals, event organizers, etc. One of the best features of the Kiko calendar app was that it had a user-friendly UI and it was possible to access one’s calendar from other computers with it. Kiko granted users the ability to invite and share calendars and events with anyone.

Cause of Failure

Kiko lasted for just three years.
The founders have moved to work on other projects, but they explained the
reasons for their startup’s failure in a post.

The first reason according
to one of the founders was that their team had wanted to work on various ideas
and plans at the same time, this diverted their attention from their main
project and ended up creating delays. The CEO admitted that they were too slow
at times and wasted time on unnecessary things and neglected other matter that was
instead crucial. To make it worse, they hired a wrong team member which
affected the company’s productivity as he didn’t complete any task and
disappeared for months. Failure to involve investors and seek their guidance
from the beginning was also another blunder.

The software that powered
Kiko was put for sale on eBay and it was bought for $258,100 in an auction.